«I suffer for Berlusconi, but I have taken over the transfer market. I’ll stay as long as I’m allowed»- Corriere.it

“I have a great pain in my heart, but I have resumed market negotiations because, knowing my friend well, he would never have wanted me to be here feeling sorry for myself”. Adriano Galliani tries to get back to his usual life while the rumors about his future assignments multiply. On the one hand, there are rumors according to which Silvio Berlusconi’s children are about to ask him to stand as a candidate in the by-elections for the vacant seat in the Senate, which was occupied by the Cavaliere. On the other hand, there are questions about the future of Monza which from the moment of the acquisition in September 2018 to today has cost Silvio Berlusconi and Fininvest a total of 192.8 million euros (considering, in addition to the investments for the acquisition campaigns, also the necessary expenses for the modernization of the U Power Stadium and the Monzello sports centre).

Fininvest one week after the death of the founder does not intend to make immediate revolutions. On the same day in which the tycoon had passed away, the holding company had underlined its intention to continue the activities in the name of continuity with a press release. The speech obviously also applies to the club, despite the fact that Monza’s latest balance sheet closed with a loss of 65.4 million (reds more than doubled compared to 2021) and the stay in Serie A involves mandatory redemptions for 5 players (Petagna, Caprari, Pessina, Cragno and Pablo Marí) of over 45 million. Although it is considered in bad taste to discuss now the sale of an asset that for Silvio was above all a matter of the heart, the dossier for the search for a minority shareholder remains on the table in the headquarters in via Paleocapa.

No aut aut will be placed on Galliani, between his political and sporting career, also because, as Claudio Lotito teaches, it is possible to fill the roles of senator and football manager without incompatibility. At the moment, however, there are no buyers who have entered into in-depth negotiations, not even Evangelos Marinakis who was received at Arcore in recent months and already owns shares in Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest. “I’m staying at Monza as long as I’m allowed” Adriano Galliani clarifies once and for all. «I have loved this club since I was a child. To understand what it means to me, you must know that, when my mother died and I was 15, the next day, to alleviate my great suffering, my father took me to see Monza-Cagliari on Saint Joseph’s day. Imagine if I leave the company if Fininvest doesn’t ask me».